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RE: Support and/or Enter This Contest Now! - (joint project of #newbieresteemday and #steemitcommentchallenge)
I think you’re doing a great job helping both new and a-bit-less-new members. Engagement and interaction are such important parts of SteemIt and they should be encouraged. It is a great idea to add an incentive to posting insightful comments (SteemIt can sure use more of them). I’ll Be supporting your initiative and will keep an eye out for good comments :-)
Thank you very much Mike (I'll never forget your comment about your username lol) ... And I thank you for supporting the initiative too. People like us that have been around for more than a few weeks, really can make a difference in helping the newbies to expand their horizons here. Just little upvotes or a nice comments can give someone the confidence and hope to move forward. I hope we have 100s (if not 1000s) soon just like you that are taking 30 minutes of you time to make a newbie's day!
Always happy to help.
Funny thing you’re mentioning the username right this moment, since I’ve created a new account this afternoon, with a username that’s a little less complicated (‘simplymike’) and i’m working on the introductory post this very moment. On Monday, I’ll be a newbie again, with a reputation score of 25 and no followers. Powering down this account in order to power up the new account will take some time. Meanwhile, I’ll be egible again to win prices in your contests :-D
you don't have to power down this account... just keep it open, you never know when it might spring back to life (I am very creative and one day I think it could be used for something cool)... What you can do to get your SBD money from there and do a transfer to you new account. And you can "delegate" your Steem Power to your new account... That way you keep @simplymike as you, but also don't lose the 51 Reputation account that could be used in various ways later. Just my thoughts (even though you didn't ask) lol
Thanks again for helping here and make sure the "newbie" @simplymike lets me know when he gets going ;)
I’m actually very grateful for your advice. I’ve been asking around, and it seemed like no one could tell me what would be more beneficial: powering down one account to power up the other, or simply delegate.
So I was still in doubt. Maybe I should try delegating first, to see how fast I can get the new account to a decent level again.
This may sound stupid, but it feels rather scary, to start all over again. Of course this time I’ll be backed up with quite some Steemvpower, so I hope I’ll be able to make some progress fast. I finally got to the point where my posts reached a decent payout. But being backed up wit +700SP I expect it won’t take as long as before.
I’m also thinking about gunning a contest or setting up a challenge to get a good number of followers again. I did it before, so I assume I’ll be able to do it again. Just need to trust myself and my skills, and it’ll all work out fine
And by not getting rid of your other account, you can always have the peace of mind by having that too. In fact, honestly you could post in both until it becomes too much of a hassle following them both. Several people have multiple accounts, so there is no harm in that. For example suesa has 2, she uses one for her "main ideas" and work, and then the other for a more humorous side of her.
Its not a problem as long as you aren't trying to game the system. I would be friends with both "mike's" ...
And one more idea for you, just to get see how much better you are now than then. Try getting your new account up, without any of your steem behind it. It will force you to sharpen your focus and then you will have 2 accounts with power!
And again you’re right :-)
It’s gettin more exciting every day :-)
agreed... that's how I feel every day... something new... :)
And I think I saw @simplymike somewhere already some I'm going to go follow him too ;)
how is simplymike doing?
It's a little frustrating, to be honest. I do have the SP I delegated from my other account and fortunately I've already got my rep score back up to 43 - with a rep score of under 40 it seems like you're invisible.
I still need to figure out a way to get more followers, though. In the old account, lots of them were acquired through Steemfollower, but I don't want to go that way again - I want to get followers who are interested in what I write, not those who just follow because they can earn points.
So far I've got only 35, so I'm trying to come up with an idea for a campaign that will bring that number up.
The good site is that I haven't lost any money again by misspelling my own username 😜